Durham County Commissioners approved a three-cent property tax increase and greenlit a $1.3 million guaranteed income pilot for 250 low-income families.
Commissioners approved a three-cent property tax increase to 75.22 cents per $100 valuation, raising taxes about $75 annually on a $250,000 home, after benefiting from unexpected 20 percent sales tax revenue growth.
Durham County greenlit the Decode Thrive guaranteed income pilot, providing $1.3 to $2 million from ARPA reserves to give 125 low-income families monthly stipends of $500 to $1,000 while studying outcomes against a control group.
County awarded Durham Technical Community College $11.7 million including $1.9 million increase and $2.4 million for scholarships, plus $3 million for BLUES workforce development targeting 20,000 projected life sciences jobs.